As KC Sweitzer walked up to Wednesday’s food distribution event at the Freedom BLOC headquarters in West Akron, volunteers called out her name.
“I come in and people are like ‘Hey KC!’ It feels more like a community and a family than it does at other places,” Sweitzer said. “It’s not giving a handout, it’s helping each other out — a hand up. That social support is so huge.”
Sweitzer regularly shows up to food distribution events like this — Wednesday’s was part of the Juneteenth holiday event lineup this week — where fresh vegetables, fruits and non-perishable food items are given away…